R.M. MAHER, P.J.
In this wrongful death case, defendant appeals by right from the judgment entered for plaintiff upon a jury verdict.
In 1975, defendant, a staff psychiatrist at the Northville State Hospital, had under his care John Patterson, the son of plaintiff's decedent, Mollie Barnes. Patterson had a long history of psychological disorder, having voluntarily signed himself into Northville on six occasions from 1972 to 1975 with complaints of insomnia...
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